I know that my Florida friends will groan when they see this headline.  The weather in the south is still sultry and hot.  While here in New England, Fall is approaching and is a welcomed change to the record heat of this summer.  Last night was a two-blanket sleep.

Here on the lake, the changes are obvious and unavoidable.  Our cottage sits on the edge of the shore with a wide view of the Bay and a front row seat to weather changes.  Yesterday, I watched a rainstorm travel all the way from the mountains of New York across Lake Champlain bringing strong winds and rain.  I must admit that it was fascinating to observe. 

Then there is the return of the Canadian Geese.  It seems like they just left and now they are back.  This bay is an excellent spot for a food fill up.  Geese too numerous to count stop for a snack on their way south.  I enjoy watching them and their different forms of communicating, but they can be very noisy especially at 3 o’clock in the morning.

I must also mention the leaves.  Such a wondrous phenomenon-the Autumn leaves!  Scientists study this annual event, not able to determine specifically what causes the brilliant colors which grace northern hillsides in the Fall.  It might be rainfall or lack of it, maybe it is hot or cold summer weather.  God knows and we want to know.  So, we seek.

We seek and strive to understand things that cannot be understood-like the change of seasons and the migration of geese and God and His unconditional love.   That God can love us unconditionally is the greatest gift of comfort and strength that we have.  We do not need to understand how God can love us all.  We just have to say “yes” and accept this unparalleled blessing. (Read Colossians 3:14)

Terri